Handling Homeowners' Insurance Claims

If you own a single-family home, chances are you have also purchased homeowners' insurance. Your mortgage lender is sure to have required you to buy insurance, in order to protect its collateral (your home). And even if you don't have a mortgage on your home, the high cost of any damage that occurs to it, or of your liability if someone is injured there, makes it worth your while to buy and maintain a comprehensive insurance policy. Here, we explore how that policy should work for you over the time that you own your home.

Tips for homeowners facing fire, smoke, or other major damage, to make sure you get the maximum insurance coverage.

To protect your home against hurricane and flood damage, purchase flood insurance.

Learn about the kinds of homeowners’ coverage that might be available to cover your slip and fall claim, and how to make a claim with the homeowners’ insurance company.

Find out whether an off-premises claim might be covered, and how your homeowner's insurance carrier can help.

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